US Republicans grow more diverse in newly won House seats

Republicans cut the Democratic Party’s margin of majority control in half in the United States House of Representatives in the November 3 election and did it with a diverse field of women and minority candidates.

While Democrats remain in charge, Republicans have secured 207 seats in the House, up from 201 prior to the election. They will likely gain yet more as votes are still being counted in six races.

All 11 Republicans who beat incumbent Democrats so far are women or minorities. That is not the norm for a...